World Grand Prix 2007 (Darts)

World Grand Prix 2007
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Citywest Hotel , Dublin
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Phil Taylor
Attendees	32
Opening game	October 8, 2007
Endgame	October 14, 2007
Prize money (total)	£ 200,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 50,000
winner	James Wade
statistics
highest finish	156 points from Andy Hamilton
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The World Grand Prix was a major tournament in darts and was held from October 8th to 14th, 2007 for the tenth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The venue for the seventh time was the Citywest Hotel in Dublin .

The defending champion was Phil Taylor . The winner was James Wade , who won the tournament for the first time.

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in the 1st round was a best of 3 sets . In the final a best of 11 sets . Each leg was played in 501 double-in-double-out mode.

Prize money

A total of £ 200,000 in prize money was awarded, £ 70,000 more than last year. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 50,000
finalist	(1)	£ 20,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 10,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 7,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 5,000
1st round loser	(16)	£ 2,500
		£ 200,000

qualification

The following players were qualified for the World Grand Prix 2007:

• The 24 first placed players of the Order of Merit , of which the first 8 were seeded
• The first four players in the PDPA Players Championships Order of Merit who were not already eligible to participate via the Order of Merit
• The 4 winners of the World Grand Prix PDPA Qualifier on September 16, 2007

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Phil Taylor 1 round 02. Raymond van Barneveld Semifinals 03. James Wade victory 04th Terry Jenkins final

No. player Round reached 05. Peter Manley 1 round 06th Colin Lloyd Quarter finals 07th Adrian Lewis Quarter finals 08th. Andy Hamilton 1 round

Results

	1st round 8th-9th Oct. 2007 best of 3 sets					Round of 16 10. – 11. Oct. 2007 best of 5 sets					Quarterfinals Oct. 12, 2007 best of 7 sets					Semi-finals Oct. 13, 2007 best of 9 sets					Finale October 14, 2007 best of 11 sets
	1	Phil Taylor 87.69	0
		Adrian Gray 89.14	2
							Adrian Gray 78.98	3
							Andy Smith 78.69	1
		Ronnie Baxter 68.94	1
		Andy Smith 78.00	2
												Adrian Gray 80.48	2
												John Part 86.62	4th
	8th	Andy Hamilton 74.45	1
		Wayne Mardle 82.88	2
							Wayne Mardle 81.09	0
							John Part 87.82	3
		John Part 80.51	2
		Billy Matthews 73.06	0
																	John Part 83.71	3
																4th	Terry Jenkins 96.36	5
	5	Peter Manley 80.07	1
		Mark Dudbridge 76.22	2
							Mark Dudbridge 81.86	3
							Andy Jenkins 75.96	2
		Jason Barry 74.21	1
		Andy Jenkins 81.66	2
												Mark Dudbridge 82.78	1
											4th	Terry Jenkins 85.57	4th
	4th	Terry Jenkins 83.45	2
		Wayne Jones 83.05	1
						4th	Terry Jenkins 81.62	3
							Chris Mason 84.31	2
		Chris Mason 85.57	2
		Colin Osborne 87.00	0
																					4th	Terry Jenkins 84.58	3
																					3	James Wade 86.03	6th
	2	Raymond van Barneveld 89.07	2
		Vincent van der Voort 74.96	1
						2	Raymond van Barneveld 84.91	3
							Mervyn King 79.65	0
		John Elder 83.91	0
		Mervyn King 82.30	2
											2	Raymond van Barneveld 92.48	4th
											7th	Adrian Lewis 83.39	3
	7th	Adrian Lewis 83.35	2
		James Keogh 70.31	0
						7th	Adrian Lewis 82.44	3
							Roland Scholten 76.49	1
		Kevin Painter 71.51	1
		Roland Scholten 76.36	2
																2	Raymond van Barneveld 84.00	1
																3	James Wade 90.43	5
	6th	Colin Lloyd 87.04	2
		Dennis Priestley 90.14	0
						6th	Colin Lloyd 89.52	3
							Alan Tabern 84.14	0
		Alan Tabern 81.60	2
		Barrie Bates 70.07	1
											6th	Colin Lloyd 79.17	0
											3	James Wade 82.81	4th
	3	James Wade 79.23	2
		Denis Ovens 77.53	0
						3	James Wade 76.60	3
							Alex Roy 72.62	1
		Alex Roy 87.00	2
		Wes Newton 87.00	1

Web links

• Report on darts1.de
• Tournament progress on dartn.de
• World Grand Prix 2007 (Darts) in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Grand Prix 2007 (Darts) in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
2. ↑ World Grand Prix 2007 (Darts) in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)